@PugJesusM to Illustrations of historyEnglish • 2 days agoHattusa, capital of the Hittites, Turkiye, with reconstruction illustrationimagemessage-square14arrow-up1211arrow-down14cross-posted to: historyruins
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minus-square@RoidingOldManlinkEnglish8•edit-21 day agoAttilla the Hun was around 450 AD too. Not exactly Mongolian, but very similar in the sense of being nomadic horse archers from the steppe.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 day agoThey might actually be related. The huns originated from east of the Volga river (so east of the Scythians) and recent research identified genetic links to ancient Mongols
Attilla the Hun was around 450 AD too. Not exactly Mongolian, but very similar in the sense of being nomadic horse archers from the steppe.
They might actually be related. The huns originated from east of the Volga river (so east of the Scythians) and recent research identified genetic links to ancient Mongols
Scythian maybe?